A Tale Of Two Cities
Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 309
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130
subjects: historical fiction, war stories, paris (france), london (england), france history revolution, 1789-1799 fiction, france, war, fiction, friendship, loyalty, revenge [X], french, executions and executioners, fathers and daughters, lookalikes, audiobooks, french fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics [X], father-daughter relationship, audiobooks, war stories, historical fiction, man-woman relationship, war fiction, paris (france) $x history $y 1789-1799, electronic books, father-child relationship, compact discs, man-woman relationships [X]
Othello
Presents William Shakespeare's play in which a man, swayed by his jealous friend's deceptions, tragically doubts his wife's faithfulness; and includes an introduction, text glosses, the "Willow" song, background on Shakespeare and his world, a list of further resources, and tools and suggestions for exploring the play in the classroom.
822.3
year: 2014
copies: 191
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 770
subjects: shakespeare, william, othello (fictitious character), jealousy, muslims, english literature, venice (italy), english drama, tragedies, interracial marriage, othello (fictional character), audiobooks, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics [X], drama, tragedies, videodiscs, man-woman relationships [X], video recordings for the hearing impaired, man-woman relationship, closed caption video recordings, deception, films for the hearing impaired, revenge [X], adultery, compact discs, cyprus
Great Expectations
Pip is a poor young orphan, living with his sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 179
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1230
subjects: young men, england, dickens, charles, orphans, coming of age, man-woman relationship, ex-convicts, benefactors, youth, bildungsromans, great britain, man-woman relationships [X], revenge [X], historical fiction, closed caption video recordings, closed captioning, dvds, audiobooks, working class, inheritance and succession, literature - adapted, gifts, bildungsromane, audiobooks, bildungsromans, adaptations, graphic novels, love stories, love, cartoons and comics [X], conduct of life, industrial revolution, social classes, electronic books
Great Expectations
A manga adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations," in which Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he is to be educated and reared as a gentleman.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: dickens, charles, orphans, man-woman relationships [X], benefactors, coming of age, cartoons and comics [X], england, bildungsromans, graphic novels, young men, man-woman relationship, ex-convicts, revenge [X], graphic novels, london (england), electronic books